Nehemiah 13:21
but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force
Ezra 7:26
Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
Nehemiah 13:15
At that time I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a terror
1 Peter 2:14
or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.